Burning Up Time - The Stranglers and Hugh Cornwell Unofficial Forums

JJ is the soul of the Stranglers now,the original link to the original band,I just hope the band finish when he decides to retire,Baz will always be able to earn a living because he was a Strangler and same with Jim and Toby,but let's just enjoy the band as they are now,or if you don't want to that...

I think if JJ retires it would be a shame if the others split because they are such a great band. I think it would be great if they carried on with a new bass player but they would have to change their band name as well and they should just play post Norfolk Coast material that Baz has been involve...

I don't think he's in it for a pension top up at all OK their earning a good wage admitingly but as a musician I think it's more than that. Blimey he's been in the music buisness for 50 now lol...I doubt at his age they are carrying on for the pot top up. 16 years very successfully in the mk1 years ...

No chance. Much rather see Straighten Out. Tbh, after the current tour, I don't think I will be topping up JJ's pension again, just so he can play Yardbird songs in some barn in France with a bloke I've never heard of. Cos that's essentially how it seems to me now Harrington Jackets, gold vinyl, th...

Im sure if hugh was still in the band, we'd find something. Maybe he'd insist on a mariachi golden brown every single gig? Very good.....lol If he had stayed the band would of stayed on the right side of the track with commercial tradition with the singles with different great album tracks and a fe...

Paul has a great voice but his tone was wrong and some of his stage antics were truly embarrassing,Baz does have charisma and does a great job,he's also a very friendly bloke when you meet him,but Paul was better on 3 songs SLG,Sun and GB,the rest awful,compare the version of Sewer 97 to the one th...

] Yes he is proud of his half a century and why not Well my problem is Toiler, is that a Stranglers gig with only post 2000 material (when Baz's musical contribution started) isn't going to pull in even the most hardened of Stranglers fans, with or without a minibus and meat raffle. Yes your probab...

I don't really think Baz has done anything to be fair he's just more popular than Paul in my opinion. Exactly. PR got a hard time not only because he followed Hugh, but because he refused to be anything other than himself and put his own spin on things. In hindsight, this is something to be commend...

A badge does nothing other than to embellish or identify. JJBs bass sound and vocal are actually part of what drives the band and gives it its sound, its like the engine really, it actually does something. If it was somebody else filling in it would not sound the same, it would be the last link to ...

A badge does nothing other than to embellish or identify. JJBs bass sound and vocal are actually part of what drives the band and gives it its sound, its like the engine really, it actually does something. If it was somebody else filling in it would not sound the same, it would be the last link to ...

Baz seems incredibly proud of being in the Stranglers for 25years so I suspect he thinks he has the right to carry on under that name. Yes he is proud of his half a century and why not Quarter. Yes I mean he's proud of a half century for and being part of the band that have reached such a milestone...

I wouldn't go even if there was a Hamper from Fortnum and Masons.The reason I still go is because JJ is still in the band,but as I have said I think the other 3 all do a great job,but seriously as much as I like Baz, please do not let him carry on when JJ decides to pack it in,JJ doesn't need the m...